Category Archives: Lower Austra

We stay local for the first two pics, this coming from the Lilli Field village again and that table Baker Bloch has his eye on (nice backdrop!).

Glimpsing into the meat of the Church of the Silicon Soul, the heart and um soul of Mystenopolis perhaps and a place I desire to chronicle more for this blog quite soon. Again I’ll mention that the church grounds perhaps queerly ajoin the sim of Siliconicus to the south. Don’t know if this influenced creator psimagus Hax’s name for it or not. Logically you would think so, however. Perhaps he thought it was some kind of divine providence.

I went island hopping on the west side of the Nautilus continent the other day and found these nice waves on one of the numerous islands there. Haven’t seen this product before.

The multi-tiered SLLU community in Flagg and also Lori is always a fun place to visit, and offers numerous freebies within its various shops. Blogspot here. Inside the grungy building pictured below is secretly tucked the tranquil Trill Zapatero Gardens, named after a “wonderful SLLU creator and activist” according to the parcel description. Visit here; the rest of the village would lie to your west and south.

Baker Bloch biking the western loop of Route 12, representing by far the longest highway of the continent. At this end it narrows into what is basically a walking/biking path. Don’t think a lot of vehicles would fit through that rock overhang ahead, for example.

Baker also visited quite a number of Naultius continent galleries. In fact, I believe he visited each and every one advertised on Sasun Steinbeck’s SL art gallery list (map of galleries here). But sometimes he was more taken by the location of a gallery and the resulting scenery than its actual contents. This would be just off the red bricked Highway 14, with its Seven Chickens Bridge in the background.

This is called Van’s Wild Wild West Gallery, situated, perhaps interestingly, on the western side of Nautilus. It’s wild side as well?

Another shot from a gallery — can’t remember where. Looks like a bit of a Simpsons fan don’t you think?

I also can’t remember what I clicked on to get to this fabulous Cica Ghost exhibit, which moved me off of the Natilus continent. But the artwork within was so interesting I decided to include them in this post anyway. More links on Cica Ghost here, a very productive Second Life artist apparently.

He greeted me warmly. I hadn’t yet seen the joke he left on the top side of the Fal Mouth Moon. The jester’s hat isn’t there for nutt’n. He got down to business. “I want the carrcasses,” he said. “I have permission now. You wouldn’t have gotten this far at all if it wasn’t for me… us. I know that much.” He folded his hands back behind his head, but that was just the animation.

“Sure,” I said. “I’ve already given them to Pierre Schaeffer, to Carrcassonnee. Whoever wants to take over is fine. You’re the logical successor.”

“Do you know what that implies? he replied. I did not. “We’re on a new continent now… you and I. Nautilus. Yd Island is the first. The Rabbit Head of Ratzenberger indicates to me that it is the One. You sold my real life self talking to him on that Bunny Trail of yours in your park — and then watching the actual real deal afterwards — and now he’s sent me here to negotiate.

“You’re doing an excellent job,” I reinforced. “Very real in a surreal way. Life-like, yes.”

“Thank you. So here’s the contract.” Surprising me, he whipped out a piece of paper from behind his head. It was written in black but with much red highlighting of text. I read it. I signed it.

“Given I can’t take your first human newborn…” he quipped. What had I just done?

“I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m ready…”

Thoughts…

What is this new energy? It is religious in nature for certain, a Christian bend. I am not a Christian, although I certainly respect the passion and faith involved. I am not attached to any religious direction, and when pressed I simply call myself a Tilest. Well, what is a Tilest, then? I think it is more than a reaction to the religious mainstream I am obviously not a part of now, nor have been since a teenager really. I do not harbor any huge resentment toward Christianity or any other religion. I just think… well, I believe that people have the ability to tell right and wrong innately, given that they open up to the, um, energy of the future, or just the energy of time outside the here, the now. Or, better, let the not-here penetrate the here. We all have the innate ability to tell the true direction in which we should move, emotionally, spiritually, physically, mentally. I believe we simply do not trust our own natural talents in this respect, and rely on — trying not to use negative words here — others to tell us what/how to think/feel/act. What is a Tilest? I’m not sure still. It is open ended and without dogma. It is certainly related to the Church of the SubGenius and their belief that followers should create their own religions after an indoctrination period to replace the SubGenius one… actually a part of their teachings. It’s related to Erik Satie’s L’Eglise Métropolitaine d’Art de Jésus Conducteur (yes I cut and pasted that!), a short-lived faith he formed as a reaction to Rosicrucianism. But what *is* it? I hear the reader or readers reiterating.

Twinned sides of the Kidd Tower, A-L (down) and O-Z (up).

http://thesnugofthepub.tumblr.com/ask

The “snug”, is a typically a small, very private room with access to the bar that has a frosted glass external window, set above head height. You used to pay a higher price for your beer in the Snug, but nobody could look in and see you. It was not only the well off visitors who would use these rooms. The snug was for patrons who preferred not to be seen in the public bar. Ladies would often enjoy a private drink in the snug in a time when it was frowned upon for ladies to be in a pub. The local garda would nip in for a quiet pint, the parish priest for his evening whiskey, and lovers would use the snug for their clandestine visits…… Pop into the Snug and ask me anything

The next day Baker is seen conferring with someone just out of sight.

Hollywood?

(to be continued)

My two galleries that compose the “Mysten Collages” complex face 2 ways: toward the Lilli Field village (Fal Mouth Moon), and toward psimagus Hax’s Medieval Christian town (Red Umbrella). The two galleries in question can actually be called additions or addendums to these two areas, I feel. Notice, for example, how Lilli’s cluster of tall brown trees blend perfectly with the Fal Mouth Moon’s colors and textures…

… and how you can easily enter the gallery from a bend in the topmost road of her community.

And then explore how the Red Umbrella similarly slots perfectly into Mr. Hax’s Mysten Underhill community, the former main entrance precisely centered at the end of one of its grassy lanes.

And Baker Bloch’s home expertly slots in beside the Red Umbrella.

Fal Mouth Moon is a part of Field’s village, and Red Umbrella, along with the fused Bloch home, is part of the Hax village. Take my word for it. This is the Janus faced aspect, or at least the surface part.

circa 1890: Two-headed Janus. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Unlike my earlier Collagesity (or VWX Town), the Mysten Collages galleries are not really independent and self fulfilling. They need the 2 larger Mysten communities for broader context and significance. They are not a community in and of themselves. And I think that’s a good thing to happen for me at this juncture in my Second Life experiences.

There is no true center to the Mysten Collage complex except the line that divides the two galleries, which is the same as the Gallery Kiosk, its entry point. To your left will be the entrance to Fal Mouth Moon’s basement exhibit. To your right is the basement door of the Red Umbrella. Simple enough — much simpler than the layout of Minoa’s Collagesity just derezzed.

So we have to turn to the 2 communities for deeper meaning. I’ve mentioned that the Kidd Tower is now part of Mysten Underhill but in a hidden place. Last night I decided I should in all good faith delete this structure. The Kidd must grow up and assume responsibility. Or maybe its the Twinned Kidds, A-L and then O-Z. I think I know where the twins making up the home band Tomato Potato reside; maybe where they play their post-folk concert music as well. And I believe that Artie J. Spongeberg has already made contact with them. According to the visitor’s list, he’s already been snooping around the “Mysten Collages” galleries.

Something just happened here.

(to be continued)

I have a history with this place.

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“Hucka D., we should talk. The Table is being reset. Your lines?”

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I keep forgetting that Hucka D. doesn’t usually get up until after sunset. Too bad we don’t have 3 hour days in Real Life. Then again we also don’t have 1 hour nights.

So regarding The Table… we’ve had updates since the summer of 2012, when I was last in what I then called Philo. I’m *pretty* sure why I know I had to come back here. The (virtual) location I’m in, through Baker Bloch mainly, mirrors the place I’m at in real life with the *carrcasses*. We are at a transition point.

So who’s at The Table now? What variants sit around it? Carrcasses 7, 7.5, 8, 9, 10 and also 11 (untaped) have been created since summer 2012. 8-9-10 collectively may be my best work along with Carrcass+1 and Carrcass+2 from the 2006-2007 peak period. What have we learned?

We know that Dr. Blood is the Ray Davies variant. His solo work is in a carrcass now, along with many fine songs from his former group The Kinks, which I consider among the 4 or 5 best rock bands to come around. Dr. Blood takes the form of the Tinman from Oz to naked eyes. He might also be Tin S. Man. (pause). He is 4 men in 1. He is Apeman. He is Tinman. He is Superman. He is Imaginary Man. And it is through the latter guise that he enters variant territory and is allowed to sit at The Table along with…

Roger Pine Ridge
Little Robert Plant Variant
Peter SoSo
Marty & Lemmon

Henry L. Cow has not yet arrived.

Little Robert Plant Variant has recently been seen in a Red Umbrella collage, actually the last one in the gallery and the last collage created by me, baker b. He stares at a metallic giant head in the sky. It erupts like a volcano as Mossman takes center stage on the toy blocks and matches roar with roar. Too bad Hucka D. isn’t here to chat with. He loves this kind of abstract bantering. (pause)

Triumph of the Toys (part 2)

Peter SoSo also makes an appearance — actually several appearances — in the Red Umbrella. He sneaks into “Triumph of the Toys” disguised as a human-like fox (from the cover of the Genesis album “Foxtrot”). Mossman passes by the figure on his way to center stage. Do they have a secret exchange of words or perhaps more? What’s the multi-colored ball or sphere he holds high and proudly?

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12:00:

I was just getting my midday snacks and taking my daily walk, and while checking out at the grocery store, saw an older Peter Gabriel staring back at me from the cover of a magazine called [insert name]. I recognized the employed image as one I had saved in a folder on my hard drive…

Notice that the redder lighting of the right side of his head is similar to Plant’s in Triumph of the Toys.

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Additional thoughts: Robert Plant becomes an official variant after use of his solo material in Carrcass+6 from almost 10 years back now. Peter Gabriel’s official entry into the same status comes in Carrcass+1 from early 2007. Roger Pine Ridge has an even earlier entrance through 2003’s Quadrospirited. Marty even earlier: Walt SIDney’s Fantasia 2000 (2002). Then Lemmon, let’s see, Lemmon’s status as a variant is probably not established until Carrcass+8 in 2004. Then Dr. Blood (Ray Davies variant) — not until 2013 and Carrcass-9, with his “Imaginary Man” used in that. Henry L. Cow’s entry is not until the future. And don’t we also have the Frank Zappa variant (OWZ still?) at the table? I think we have to, since his Mothers of Invention band was one of the audio heros of Quadrospirited, and Zappa’s solo material has been used extensively in carrcasses. And I’m also thinking at least one of the 4 Bills of The Bill comedy group will eventually sit at The Table. And, yeah, let’s not forget the Chuckster himself: Artie J. Spongeberg. He may be or become a very special variant indeed. All I have to do is use one of his solo tracks in a synch and voila, instant variant; able to co-mingle with the others positioned around The Table.

But what of visual artists? Certainly David Lynch Lunch must be eligible. Queue Brick in a lesser manner (?) Hitchcock (variant name pending). And then what of *actors*. Wouldn’t Jack Nicholson be eligible, I find myself asking myself, since he’s a star in both the last 2 carrcasses?

So let’s get to those: the last 2. These are again called Carrcass-10 and Carrcass-11, with the latter, the last, worked out last August but still not taped (why not???). But according to numerology the numbers 10 and 11 can be reduced to 1 and 2. 10 is the number of perfection. Carrcass-10 is about as perfect a synch as I have. Perfect match, then: number with carrcass. Yet Carrcass-11 is a logical extension beyond this new perfect peak, as the number 11 naturally and logically follows 10 in any lengthier sequence.

http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/topics/snumbers.html#ideal

To successfully deal with Carrcass-10, we should return to the “6 Weeks of Shining” document, specifically Week 2.

(to be continued?)

From Facebook:

I’m thinking of creating an imaginary home band for my real virtual village (adopted). Here are some name candidates.

Pet Milkmen
Shut Up and Scream
Fear of Rectangles
Wince
Jethro Jethrine
Flesh Wound Only
Tomato Potato
Don Wrinkles Free
Radio Free Bartok

Facebook added that last one on its own. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule for the suggestion!

Shoot, well this one is out
http://www.shutupandscream.com/

I think I might like Tomato Potato best now. I see them as a folk duet (perhaps twins although definitely not Siamese twins), but moving into atonal abstraction thanks to a recent influence from the Second Viennese School of composers, particularly Artie J. Spongeberg. Their first album would perhaps be Tomtato, and/or that would be a single/song off the album.

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/…/all-veget…/tomtato/t47176TM

Framing tracks could be “You Shout Tomato” at the beginning and “I Scream Potato” to end the album. Sorta like “Sgt. Pepper” and “Sgt. Pepper Reprise”.

More info/pictures soon. I might set up another pretend tour with comedians Lum and Abner from Waters, Arkansas as well.